bluejeepkid
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- Location
- Bullhead City
What happens, or what is liable to happen with an improper gear break in?
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improper gear break in
- Thread starter bluejeepkid
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bluejeepkid
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bullhead City
ceb0217
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- oregon,corvallis
the surfaces wont go throw the proper final heat treating and the hard facing will eventually peal off like cheep chrome and then they will grind them selfs into little metal bits in the oil . then you will spend money to replace the ring and pinion and bearing and seals.
- Location
- Fullerton, Ca
clean4drxj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- CT.
without going through proper break-ins the heating and cooling cycle will will eventually cause a Ring&pinion failure somewhere down the road.
bluejeepkid
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bullhead City
That's the stuff I was lookin for. Thanks!
- Location
- Antioch, CA
Just drive it. If the gears are noisey then I would suspect an improper set-up rather than an improper break in.
- Location
- Torrance, CA
Jeepers break in gears?
Pretty much everybody I know, myself included, has gotten their Jeep together at the last minute and just drove it, no time for detailed break ins.
Pretty much everybody I know, myself included, has gotten their Jeep together at the last minute and just drove it, no time for detailed break ins.
- Location
- San Diego
Just don't tow anything, go wheeling, or do any burnouts in the first 500 miles.
After that, change the fluid and have at it.
After that, change the fluid and have at it.
MoparManiac
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Amherst, NH
And what about people who have trail only rigs?
I took my rig out right when it was done and beat on it/wheeled it. Hell I even did burnouts.
I bet I barely have 500 miles total on it right now.
This topic has been discussed plenty of times before.
- Location
- San Diego
if you have a trail only rig that doesn't get over 30-40 mph, then don't even worry about it.
- Location
- Torrance, CA
You live in California Taylor, you know most trail-only rigs out here see speeds twice that and more.
MoparManiac
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Amherst, NH
One of my races this year saw 50+ mph.
- Location
- San Diego
thats why I used the qualifier that IF you don't get over those speeds.
then what are you doing for break in? you should be doing some sort of break in process.
- Location
- Hammertown, USA
What if you have a trail only rig that sees 2 to 3 times those speeds?
We break ours in by hammering down and changing the fluid at the end of the weekend.
MoparManiac
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Amherst, NH
The above is what I did.
Haven't had an issue.
Haven't had an issue.
Vanimal
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- escondido, ca
3 heat cycles is fine in my experience. And i didn't even do that for my current axles.
old_man
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Loveland, Colorado
I did a gear swap in Moab after taking all the teeth off of a pinion on a D44. I drove it about 10 miles, went to bed and then wheeled the piss out of it for three days straight. I have over 100k miles on those gears.
